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Latest Price: $1,261.33
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- Included Devices
Storage
| Total HD Size | 160 GB |
| Optical Drive Type | BD-RE/BD-R |
| Removable Optical Drive | No |
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| Number of Media Slots | 3 |
| PC Card Slots | Yes |
Networking
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Included network card | Gigabit ethernet |
| Modem Type | V.92 |
| Wireless LAN Type | 802.11a/g |
Multimedia
| Video chipset | nVidia Quadro NVS 320M |
| Installed video memory | 256 MB |
| Video integration | Integrated |
- Lab Tested
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Pros
Relatively light
Impressive audio
Cons
Hard drive on the small side
Lacks an ExpressCard slot
Bottom Line
Handsome business laptop has a cutting-edge Blu-ray Disc drive and can moonlight as a hot 3D gaming station.
Multitask and Not Bog Down
The more memory a PC has, the faster your programs run and the more windows you can work in simultaneously. Equipped with memory between 1GB and 3GB, this laptop should be able to handle just about any task you can throw at it without bogging down too much. For instance, if you're a multitasker and you'd like to burn a music CD in one window while watching your favorite DVD movie (for the umpteenth time) in another--while flipping between your inbox and your browser to work on your blog during the movie's boring parts--this laptop can manage it all without a hiccup.
Designed to Replace Your Desktop
With its expansive screen and keyboard, large hard drive, and fast processor, this portable qualifies as a desktop replacement. As the moniker suggests, this laptop could take the place of your desktop PC, as it offers most of the features that people look for in a computer. The screen is spacious enough for you to work on it all day without eyestrain, and the keyboard's roominess rivals that of a desktop's. It has only one optical drive, but ports aplenty. Even so, this machine is still portable, light enough to unplug from the wall and easily move to another room--or to a meeting across the country on your next business trip.
Supports xD-Picture Cards
If you own a Fujifilm or Olympus digital camera, or an Olympus digital voice recorder, this laptop might be appropriate for you since it can read the xD-Picture Card format. xD is a niche product, not as popular or ubiquitous as other types of flash memory cards. Small and thin, and about the size of a quarter, it's comparable in size to Memory Sticks and SD Cards--but it doesn't hold as much, topping out at a mere 2GB. If you own (or are thinking of buying) a Fujifilm or Olympus digital device and need xD compatibility, that won't matter. This laptop will make sharing xD data a breeze.
Supports SD Cards
Like most new laptops, this one has either a multiformat card reader or a dedicated slot that accepts an SD (Secure Digital) Card. More popular than Memory Stick, CompactFlash, and xD-Picture Card, SD is found in a large number of digital cameras, PDAs, printers, and other devices. SD Cards have built-in security functions to protect data, including music copyright protection. (The cards have a small write-protection switch on the side similar to that of a floppy disk.) The latest SD card, the microSDHC, is the tiniest flash memory card to date, measuring only 11mm across. It's also the fastest and roomiest, capable of holding up to 16GB of data.
Windows Vista Installed
Microsoft's Windows Vista introduces more graphical and functional changes--big and small--than the OS has undergone in quite some time. Among the graphical changes, the splashiest is the glasslike transparency of overlapping windows. Flip 3D, which lets you view open windows in a cascading 3D stack on the desktop, is eye-catching too. And the Windows Sidebar displays small applets on the desktop designed for specialized purposes, such as weather reports or sports scores. On the practical side, the new systemwide integrated Instant Search lets you look for a needed file from practically anywhere and at any time. Keep in mind, however, that because Vista offers so much, it requires a speedy CPU, ample RAM, and a good graphics card. Check out the other components of this laptop to be sure that Vista can run smoothly on it.
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Performance Comparison with Similar Laptops
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Performance
| Adobe Photoshop CS2 | 537 |
| Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX | 396 |
| Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering | 734 |
| Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm) | 3:38:05 AM |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 107.63 |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 142.87 |
| Firefox 2 | 363 |
| Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1 | 399 |
| Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0 | 266 |
| Multitasking | 448 |
| Nero 7 Ultra Edition | 856 |
| Number of Included Batteries | 1 |
| Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5 | 238 |
| Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0 | 364 |
| WorldBench 6 Score | 77 |
| WorldBench 6 Word Score | Good |
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